Monsters University Reviews, Interviews & More

With each new Guild list of nominations, the playing field for the 2014 Oscars gets more and more cemented. The Producers Guild of America unleashed their picks for the best of 2013, and films like American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street made the cut.

Sometimes, the common wisdom is right. Sometimes, when people say "this is a bad idea" it's worth noting what they've said, and maybe not do that. But here we are and The Lone Ranger is looking to make maybe $100 Million domestic on a $225 Million dollar budget. That ain't good.

As films opened Wednesday, and this column comes to you on Thursdays, it's hard not to note that the results of this weekend are already pretty clear. Despicable Me 2 is a huge hit, and The Lone Ranger is bombing.

It's about that time in the summer where audiences are starting to feel pummeled. At a certain point all of these tentpole movies filled with superhero action, CGI violence and maybe a movie star or two gets to be a bit much. So it's no surprise that audiences went for Monsters Universityand The Heat over White House...

Last weekend saw huge numbers at the box office, and though this weekend may not have a film that tops $50 Million we should see at least five pictures over the $20 Million range. White House Down and The Heat are opening this weekend, and both should do well. But who wins?

Monsters University may have topped the box office, but the winner this weekend is everyone, as the top four films did over $200 Million. World War Z smashed past expectations, while Man of Steel sank quickly, even as it passed $200 Million domestically. It was a big weekend for a non-holiday.

Can two big pictures survive in the wake of Man of Steel? If so we could be seriously looking at a box office where the top ten could earn over or near $200 Million in total. It's a big weekend as there's Pixar's Monsters University, and Brad Pitt in World War Z.

As director Dan Scanlon noted in our interview with him, there just aren't a lot of good prequels. So it might be fair to say that Monsters University is the best prequel ever made. Though it may not soar to the lofty heights of the best of Pixar, this is defintely a solid film, and one of the better movies of the summer.

One of the biggest challenges for Monsters University was being a prequel. As director Dan Scanlon and producer Kori Rae acknowledge, the audience knows where the characters are going to end up, so the challenge was to turn the inevitable into a strength. And it’s fair to say they pulled it off. We talked to the two about the film and the challenges of making Monsters...

Monsters University is the rare prequel that can cast its leading men as college students without anyone batting an eye. That’s the beauty of animation, and it’s great that Billy Crystal and John Goodman could reprise their roles as Mike Wazowski and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan for this rather good little prequel. We got a chance to interview the duo about returning to...

Well if we were talking to Captain Hammer, he would declare that he's the world's best (good looking) superhero. Still, that hasn't stopped the Firefly loving fan base to question why hasn't their Captain Malcolm Reynolds, aka Nathan Fillion, taken on a bigger superhero like Green Lantern or whatever other character comes to mind when it pertains to fantasy casting.

Pixar's big summer movie this year is Monsters University, a prequel to the beloved Monsters, Inc., which puts Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) in college as roommates who don't get along (at least at first) amongst an assortment of other scare students and would-be scarers. The film opens in less...

Pixar is more or less in the middle of their monstrous sequel wave that doesn't appear to be stopping at any point soon. While we're a month away from the release of the adorable-looking Monsters University, Pixar is already teasing us all about the next sequel that will be making its way into theaters within the next five years. The only problem is we have no idea which one that...

The Equalizer just got a little more interesting. Chloe Moretz, one of today's most talented young actresses, has landed the female lead role in the Denzel Washington film. Also, AMC released the first official photo for the fourth season of The Walking Dead; and the characters from Monsters University have a special message for moms everywhere. All that and more...

Pixar is putting out animated films once a year, and so 2013's big animated movie for the studio is Monsters University, their prequel to Monsters, Inc. The film shows how James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) and Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) came to work together and be friends, but it looks like their relationship didn't start out that well....

It's time to say goodbye to 2012 and plan ahead for 2013. While you're plotting out what New Years Resolutions you're going to carry out for the first couple of weeks of this coming year, let's assign you a new one. Go to the movies more often. In order to make sure that you all adhere to this New Years Resolution, we present to you a wide variety of movies that you should definitely watch...

In the first promo, BFF's Tina Fey and Amy Poehler give us a sneak peek at what the Golden Globes will be like on January 13th. And we cannot wait. The Globes are going to be amazing and hilarious and awesome because you just can't go wrong with hosts like these. Also, Pixar released the very first look at Monsters University. And we've got another 2012 movie-mashup video for...

With Brave hitting theaters this Friday, it's no surprise that Pixar has included a teaser for their next film Monsters University. But it's their marketing strategy where they've failed. They've offered four teasers that all pretty much say and do the same thing. Check them out...

The circle of life, indeed. When The Lion King hit theaters in 3-D, the Walt Disney company was not expecting it to be the cash cow that it's turned into, as the re-release has made nearly $80 Million and isn't done yet. It's then no surprise that Disney has now slated four of their classics for re-issue. All in 3-D. Check them out..